Our cooktop and hood will sit between two windows. Originally we were going to have a range top with a stainless steel hood but have switched to an induction cooktop, Thermador 36" with mirror finish.

The KD suggested we pull the cooktop cabinet and the 9" cabinets flanking it out 3" for visual interest, which I'm ok with however, now the hood will have to be 24" instead of 20". My concern is how this will look sticking out from the wall all by its lonesome. Even if I do a tapered wood or stainless steel chimney the bottom part will still be 24" and I'm worried it'll look a bit jarring since there is nothing else on that wall help it blend.

Should I give up pulling out the cabinets or will it look ok to have it jutting out 24"?

Here are some examples:

I'm looking at these two possibilities from Modern Aire. Haven't decided whether to do stainless or white. Any thoughts on that? TIA